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Correct. You can run *easy* forever on just stored body fat alone. The main reason folks eat on ultras is because when running for 12 hours, just as when sitting at your desk for 12 hours, you get hungry. A RA user ran 100 miles one day in May on almost nothing. He ran it in 13 hours too.
Correct. You can run *easy* forever on just stored body fat alone. The main reason folks eat on ultras is because when running for 12 hours, just as when sitting at your desk for 12 hours, you get hungry.
A RA user ran 100 miles one day in May on almost nothing. He ran it in 13 hours too.
Wow. 7:46 pace? Wow.
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if I could figure out a way to carry one without it exploding upon opening from all the jostling, I would. Yummy!
Hey, you could bring a bottle, loosen it just a bit before you take off and let it go flat...
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...we'll see how things go from there.
If you're trained properly to run long distances (up to, in my experience, 26.2 miles) then there is no need for any food at all. Water is needed in most conditions and especially when running fast but I've run in the 20 mile range drinking no water. This past Sunday I ran a easy-paced 15miler up and over a small mountain ridge (1000feet climb) ~65-70deg, sunny, no humidity, without food or any water. No problem whatsoever. Got me the biggest Coke SlurpeeTM they had afterwards, though. mMMMm good.
Coconut water!!!!!!!! I mix it with water and pomegrante juice. It is great for electrolyte replacement.
Coconut water!!!!!!!!
I mix it with water and pomegrante juice.
It is great for electrolyte replacement.
Coconut water.Yay or Nay. Jenny Hadfield an Avtive.com contributing writer is recommending it.
Article for not using it.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/03/coconut-water-myth-or-mir_n_669572.html
But nutritionists say you should think twice before chugging the stuff, especially after heavy-duty exercise.
Liz Applegate, director of sports nutrition at UC Davis, told Mother Jones that coconut water's high potassium and low sodium combination isn't ideal after strenuous exercise. "Even though the belief is that when you exercise you need a lot of potassium, sodium is more important," she said. "When you sweat, you lose a lot more sodium than potassium."
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Coconut milk? What about yoga, yogurt, Yogi Berra?
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